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L L. HIATT.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. an, 1918. namzwm we. 9. l9!

Pater ited Mar. 23,1920.

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CONVEYER.

30. 1918. an!!! we. 9. 1919.

APPLICATION LED SEPT. 1 ,334,4=53. Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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J. L. HIATT.

CONVEYER.

APPLICAHON FILED swr. 30. I918. RENEWED AUG. 9. |9|9.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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Jamal W W w J a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. HIATT, OF SAPULPA, OIYLAHOMA. ASSIGNOR TO SCHRAM GLASS MANUFAC-TUBING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CONVEYER.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Application filed September 30, 1918, Serial No. 256,198. Renewed August9, 1919. Serial No. 816,489.

' of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, have invented goertain new and usefulImprovements in (Jonveyers, of which the following is a specificationcontaining a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to conveyers and has for its object a conveyer bywhich molded articles of glass are conveyed from a molding machine intoa leer or annealing fur.- nace. A further object is to provide aconveyor whereby the molded articles of glass are conveyed from themolding machine in i a single file, thence on to the revolving diskreceiver and from there discharged on to the leer pans.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device with parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear view of a portion of my device with parts insection, taken on line 3-13 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction ofthe arrow.

Fig. 4 is a view of the same taken on the line 4'4 of Fig. 3 and viewedin the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the removing mechanism made use of,showing the revolving disk receiver in dotted lines, and taken on theline 55 of Fig. 3, and viewed in the direction of the arrow, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmental view showing the conveyor and the revolving diskreceiver together with the guide bar, taken on the l ne 6-1-6 of Fig. 41and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a frame 6 which is located infront of the leeror annealing furnace 7. The frame 6 is composed ofuprights 8 and guide bars 9 and 10. The portion of the upright 8 nextthe leer 7 is provided with an upwardly extending projection 11, andcross bars 12 and 13. These cross bars 12 and 13 are provided withjournals 14, 15, 16 and 1?. In the journals 14 and 15 is located avertical shaft 18, provided at its upper end with a set collar 19 and atits lower end. with a revolving disk receiver 20. This revolving diskreceiver 20 is provided with. a flanged hub 21, which is secured to theplate by means of rivets or similar binding devices 22 and secured tothe shaft 18 by means of a set screw 23. Immediately below the journal15 and rigidly secured to the shaft 18 is a gear 24 and between the gear24 and the flanged hub 21 is located a sleeve 25 on which a dischargcr26 is rigidly secured. Meshing with the gear 24 a gear 27 which islocated on the shaft. 28, this shaft being mounted in the journals 16and 17 and is provided at its upper end with a bevel gear 29, which gearmeshes with a similar gear 30. The gear 30 is mounted on the horizontalshaft 31 which is directly connected to a motor or other suitable sourceof energy 35, and this shaft is provided at its outer end with thepulley 32.

In the frame 8 is located a shaft 34 on which is mounted a pulley 36. Abelt 37 transmits the power from the pulley 32 to the pulley 36, placingthe conveyor in op eration. Attached to the shaft 34 is a pulley 41around which a conveyer belt 42 is placed, this belt also passin aroundan idle pulley 13, which is locate at the rear or feeding end of mydevice.

The discharger 26 consists of an arm 44, having a rectangular block 45at its one end, in which is formed the semi-circular depression 46,which fits around the sleeve 25. ,Another block 47 provided with asimilar semi-circular depression 48 completes the circle and when theseblocks are clamped together by means of the screws 49, the discharger issecurely bound to the sleeve 25. The arm 44 of the discharger isprovided with a bent bar 50, which is adapted to contact with the glassarticles and discharge them from the disk 20 on to the leer pans 40.

The guide bar 9 is provided at its end nearest the leer with a curvedportion 51, the object of which is to direct the glass articles upon therevolving disk receiver 20. The shaft 28 is provided at its lower endwith a disk 52, to which is connected a lever 53, this link having itsone end 54 pivotally secured to the portion 45 and its end 55 beingslotted as indicated by the nurevolving dlSk receiver moral 56. Throughthis slotted portion 0X- tends the stud 57 so that when the disk 51L isrevolving the discharge): is operating.

The operation of: my doviro 11 follows:

The glass articles having been molded are taken from the molding machinein the usual manner and placed upon the conveyor 42. In referring toFigs. I and 2 it will be seen that these articles are spaced quite adistance apart, traveling on the conveyor 42 until they come in contactwith the curved portion 51 of the bar and which places them on to therevolving disk receiver 20. This revolving disk: receiver 20 revolvingslower or at a less lineal speed than the convey-il- 42 will allow theglass articles to assemble closely thereon and when that portion of the)late 20 which corresponds to the width of t e leer pans filled, thedisclnn-gcr at? is operated, pushing the glass articles oil on to theleer pans as shown in Fig. l,

The discharger thou l'llUWls hack to its original or starting positionin advuniiof the new batch of glassware being fed on t the disk 20 andthen the operation is repeated. By means of the slot 56, the dischargeris halted temporarily at each point when the stud 57 is passing the deadcenter. By the use of my device I find that it is possible to savemanpower and time in malt ing glass articles, as the same have to heaunealed after coming from the molding machine. The difl'erent glassarticles are placed directly on the conveyor and from there mechanicallyfed into the leer or annealing furnace without first passing on a tableor any leceptacles and then redischarging them in to the lccr to he annealed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the dischar or 26 is positivelyand periodically operate in opposition to the rotation of the 20, and byadjusting the stud 57 closer to the center of the disk 52, the sweep ofthe discharger 26 may beregulated. The holes 58 in the disk 52 beinprovided for such an adjustment if desire By means of the longitudinalconveyor 42 and the revolving disk receiver 20, the glass articles maybe conveyed direct from the mold or forming machine on to the leer pans.

The bent bar 50 is so constructed that it may be bent in or outcorresponding to the size of articles to'be discharged, also to reg11-late its angle to the arm 44.

What I claim is:

1 A conveyor comprising a longitudinal conveyor, leer pans, a revolvingdisk receiver interposed between the conveyor and leer pans, means forremoving thearticles from the revolvin disk receiver to'the leer pans,and means or operating the conveyor.

2. A conveyor comprising a frame, a longitudinal conveyor mounted in theframe, a revolving disk .receiver mounted in the frame. a discl'mrgcrmounted in the frame and above lllr revolving disk receiver, and moansfor placing the conveyor in operation.

:5. A conveyor comprising a frame, a longitudinal conveyor mountedwithin the frame. leer puns mounted without the fra no, a rcvolvirm'disk receiver mounted within t 1e frame, its periphery running levelwith the longitudinal conveyor, 11- discharger located in the frame andabove the revolving disk 5 receiver, means for operating the dischargcr,means for operatiiu;- the conveyor and gathering disk and means foroperating the eer puns.

el. A conveyor cou'iprising a frame, a lon- -;itmlin.-il wuvcyer mountedin the frame, a revolving dish receiver mounted in the frame, adim-[larger mounted in the frame and almie the revolving disk receiver,a leer hcd mounted next the discharge end of the revolving dish receiverand means for plac ing the ongitudinal conveyor and revolving; dish rAciin operation simultaneously.

5. A. conveyor comprisin a frame, a longitudinal conveyor mounted in theframe, a revolving disk receiver mounted in the frame and having itsperiphery running level with the longitudinal conveyor, a dischargermounted in the frame and above the disk receiver for pushing thearticles from the disk receiver, a leer extending beyond the dischargeend of the disk receiver, leer pans extending under the disk receiverand adapted to receive articles discharged from the disk receiver, andmeans for placing the several movable parts of the con vcyer inoperation.

6. A conveyor comprising a support, a longitudinal conveyor mounted onsaid support, a revolving disk receiver mounted at one end of thelongitudinal conveyor and adapted to receive articles discharged fromsaid longitudinal conveyor, a for directing the articles from thelongitudinal conveyor to the receiver, a horizontally sweepingdischarger mounted auow the revolving disk receiver and adapted to movein a direction op Josite to the rotation of the receiver for disciarging articles therefrom.

7. A conveyor comprising a support, a longitudinal conveyor mounted onsald support, a revolving disk reqeiver mounted at one end of thelongitudinal conveyor and adapted to receive articles dischar d fromsaid longitudinal conveyor, a horizontally sweeping dischu-rger mountedshove the revolvmgr disk receiver and adapted to move in a directionopposite to the rotation of the receiver for discharging articlestherefrom.

8. A conveyor comprising a support, a longitudinal conveyer mounted onsaid support, a revolvin disk receiver having a inear ,ieed less t anthe linear speed of the longitu inal conveyer and mounted to one we sideand near one end of the 10 'tudinal eonveyer and adapted to receivearticles discharged from the longitudinal conveyor, 9, horizontallysweeping and intermittently moving discharge! mounted above the receiverand adapted to move 111 a direction opposite to the rotation of thereceiver for discharging articles therefrom.

In testimony wheieof, I have signed my J AMES L. HIATT.

\Vitnesses:

J. E. Po'rmn, L. J. MOORE.

